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OK, got some photos to show of Slavonski Zeleni. I believe some of the seeds had mosaic, but I'm not sure if it's all yet. I've...

@heirloomgal i'm not sure those plants are infected as it looks maybe more like either heat stress or some other issue. they don't look...

glad to say i've not seen much of any bean plants with leaves like that here through the years. :)

Yes this would be true you would destroy the plants just automatically without any further thinking. Most likely the virus is seed...

Now that the network beans are all in the ground and doing well, I've been going through my seed stash and selecting mostly new-to-me...

So if the virus were to present itself, the best course of action would be to eradicate the plants and destroy the seed as well? If it...

Here are two images of a bean leaves that don't have the normal valentine shape and is cupping downward from the Mosaic virus. The leaf...

the heavy rains the other day sure did cause some bean plant damage and the gardens don't look the best right now but i suspect in...

tobacco can also be a source of viral infections for the mosaic viruses and those can end up infecting bean plants. :(

Yes please. Take some photos. I would like to see what they look like. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for the virus to manifest...

I'm afraid my 2024 network beans Slavonski Zeleni (which I'm regrowing this year) might have the same fate as your Seneca Pole. The row...

Here is something I found about a week ago. Take a look at the leaves on the bean plant on the top photo. Click on the photos to get a...

This is my first year to grow out some Network beans and am happy to say Speckled Algonquin and Mother Earth are doing quite well. I...

Not sure if these varieties being ahead is random, genetic or what, but in any case these are my tallest plants so far this year...

And a few bush bean flowers, just because they’re so lovely.